The consumer culture affects all aspects of individuals' lives and, hence, consumer culture affects all disciplines. A primary focus of the seminar will be to examine consumer culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Particular attention will be given to how the consumer culture affects different disciplines and how different disciplines contribute to the discussion.

The anticipated outcomes of the seminar include:

1) a research project by each of the seminar participants, and

2) development of a classroom component where each seminar participant will directly integrate subject matter from the seminar into at least one of their courses.

The seminar is funded by a grant from the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts. Summer Seminars for College Teachers are designed for faculty at Network institutions with preference given to early-career faculty members.